Our team has today kicked off preparations for their next Premier League game. On Sunday we will host Zenit, who currently sit top of the table, at the Otkritie Arena.

After a theory session the team took to the pitch as usual. The on-field training was more of a recovery exercise for those who played against Dinamo, as well as for Spartak-2 players who faced Zenit-2 yesterday: Gaponov, Maslov, Umyarov and Glushenkov.

Andrey Eschenko and Samuel Gigot continue to train separately, following their respective ACL surgeries. Mikhail Ignatov joined them on the occasion, having missed the derby due to hip muscles' tightness.